Tuesday, 11 October 2011

Activity for next week (week 3)

Activity for Week 3 - the Public Sphere

Next week we will be holding a mock-trial based on the readings on the public sphere.

The charge is:

THE INTERNET DOES NOT CREATE A PUBLIC SPHERE

1.  In the comments section please add links to articles/blogs/social networks/anything that you think demonstrates either that:
a. the internet DOES create a public sphere
or
b. the internet DOES not create a public sphere

2. make sure you leave a one-sentence/word comment saying whether you think your example is positive or negative

I'll leave a sample comment showing you what I mean

Please come to next week's session prepared to discuss!

6 comments:

  1. I think the internet does create a public sphere... see:

    http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/

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  2. The internet does not create a public sphere... see:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPAvg6CU6sI

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  3. Most of the time, the Internet does create a public sphere. Here is an example:
    http://www.indiaagainstcorruption.org/

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  4. Most of the time, the Internet does create a public sphere. Here is an example:
    http://www.indiaagainstcorruption.org/

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  5. The internet CAN be a public sphere.

    See the (German) example of organizing demonstrations, in this case in favour of the "Stuttgart21" project via facebook:

    https://www.facebook.com/fuer.s21

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  6. The internet can create in certain moments public sphere.

    http://www.lidovky.cz/desitky-tisic-lidi-na-facebooku-vyzyvaji-vejce-pro-paroubka-v-kazdem-meste-1tu-/ln_domov.asp?c=A090526_094508_ln_domov_mtr

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